This sweet baby quilt recently left my studio quilted bound and ready for gifting!
A popular design with many of my customers Waterworld was chosen for the quilting. I was also tasked with providing the binding fabric which made for a fun dive into my stash! The backing (not sure why I didn’t get pictures) was a lovely soft pink flannel.
I love how happy and sunny this little quilt is and how happy I felt working on it esp knowing that it would soon be gifted to a little one.
It also brought back a memory of an early quilting instructor who said not to use yellow in your quilts or if you did to only use a small amount because it was a colour that could easily overpower the rest of the colours!
That bit of advice seemed strange to me as it’s one of my favourite happy colours!
Our Grandson Grayson has really caught the fishing bug this summer much to our delight!
He and his sister Kaija were here last week and in an unusual turn of events Grayson asked to sew with me and Kaija asked to shoot targets with Pappa.
Grayson has sewn with me before and really enjoys quilting his projects. The project that he had in mind was to make a phone case with some fish fabric that he knew was in my stash.
We used a solid black cotton and after fusing it to the foam, he quilted it with a fun variegated thread. We used Heat and Bond to on the fish fabric so that he could cut out the fish he wanted on his pouch.
I attached the binding and he helped with the Velcro closure.
My favourite thing about sewing with our grandchildren, aside from the new skills that they learn, I love the one on one time which is a great opportunity to learn from them and listen to what’s going on in their life ❤️
This customer quilt was pieced as a birthday gift for her daughter who loves tulips! She chose the pantograph Daisy Swirl. Such a beautiful addition to this already lovely quilt!
My customers fabric choices for her quilts truly make my heart sing! This was hers as well
Back to the Tulips adding a different flower instead of just looking for a Tulip design added more of a flower garden look along with some curves to help soften the angular lines. Just a personal thought of mine 😊
Her quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up!
While recently reading bedtime stories to one of my granddaughters (3yrs old) I asked her if she knew who Winnie the Pooh was she said no so I read her one of the books…so much silly fun!
Anyways, this was a fun, happy customer quilt that was quilted by me this summer…
We chose the pantograph Popcorn for its fun light puffy like clouds appearance. Again as I have mentioned before, when quilting a child’s quilt I like a little more density which I feel adds to the durability of the quilt.
The backing as you can see it a delightful rainbow of colours, a wonderful compliment to the quilt top.
This quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up!
How much fun is this quilt! As a quilt maker myself I am almost always drawn primarily to scrappier quilts, the more fabrics the better! I also love the improv piecing! When this quilt first arrived and was added to my queue it was a challenge not to drop everything and just work on it! I did however make it wait its turn.
The quilting design New Wave that was chosen worked perfectly adding an extra layer of playfulness and fun!
As if that wasn’t enough fun and excitement in a quilt, the backing added even more delight with both colour and the tumbling blocks!
Her quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up!
While Erik was off on a recent fly in fishing trip, I used the first few days to make some changes and re-organize my Longarm Studio.
A big thank you to my Dad and brother who came over and put my new IKEA Alex cabinets together for me.
My pantographs now have a new home and are wonderfully organized! There is even room to add more!
All of my thread, rulers, and other long arm supplies are all organized and it looks all neat and tidy. It was all organized before however I had wanted a more streamlined look.
The drawer units that were replaced have a new home and purpose, they are now under the table of my long arm and they now hold a lot of my fabrics and are sorted by colour, these fabrics will eventually find their way into scrap quilts.
I spent some of the time cleaning, sorting and purging it’s amazing how things can accumulate. Though I will add that there wasn’t as much to purge as I suspected there were things that just needed new homes as in my daughter’s homes!
I am vigilant when it comes to caring for my APQS Millennium longarm and I spent a little time on her as well, the motor brushes were replaced. I love how well these machines are made and that they are designed so that the owner can maintain them themselves!
Of course as soon as I finished organizing another quilt was loaded and completed on the longarm!
While I did use my time alone to get a lot of quilting done on the longarm there was also some play time as well…the garden was planted and my JUKI and I spent many hours together playing!
When this gorgeous Log Cabin quilt was picked up yesterday, its maker mentioned how much she loves this quilt and that she always gives her work away and doesn’t have any quilts!
She decided that it would make a perfect Father’s Day gift for her husband! I agreed!
We chose the quilting design Ground Cover and thread colour Mocha both complemented her quilt perfectly!
The extra blocks that were made while piecing the top were added to her backing , making this quilt even more amazing! Pieced backs can add a bit more challenge when quilting but it’s definitely worth the extra effort.
Her quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up!
I had the pleasure of working on a very special quilt that created by my customer with so much love for her graduating Granddaughter.
The quilt top includes her favourite colours as well as books due to her love of reading, two of the blocks have her initials pieced. The backing was chosen for her love of flowers.
I chose the pantograph Garden Frills. I love the density of this design for a quilt that will follow the graduate to University in the fall and will hopefully be well used! The quilting softens the straight line piecing on the top and plays so beautifully with the backing fabric.
I was given the task of both choosing the fabric for and completing the binding for the quilt. With so much happening visually on both top and back I chose a complimenting dark green solid for the binding.
Her quilt was ready for gifting when it was picked up.
Ellen’s quilt is a stunning example of Krista Moser’s pattern Fall Foliage! Her piecing was so exact and super fun to quilt for her.
I loved how beautiful it looked in my studio, but hanging in the show it was truly eye catching!!
I’ve added a few pictures below from my studio.
Cindy’s version of Krista Moser’s Crimson Christmas was a true treat to see, she quilted it herself. Her quilting is truly inspirational! Cindy also chaired the quilt show and has many times, she also has taught so many classes over the years and taught Crimson Christmas at the Circle of Friends Quilt Shop this year.
It was an amazing Quilt Show last weekend! It’s always fun to see all of the quilts and so many quilters at the shows.
Our city and area have so many talented quilters and it never ceases to amaze me how many different quilts there are!
Ana Paula Brasil is always a delight to spend time with! Her incredible talent of not only quilting but also her ability to teach and share her talents and Joy in the art is contagious!
Visitors were greeted a very fun quilt which was made in collaboration with Janette Dann another amazing local Artist! How fun to have a picture in front of it!
I am sharing a small sample of the fun!!
I had so much fun Quilting Maureen’s quilt for her, I am a scrap quilter myself and I loved this one! Some quilts are so hard to part with and this was truly one of them!
Evelyn’s version of a Bonnie Hunter Mystery was another one that was full of small pieces…another joy of mine as I love working with tiny pieces!
Karen is an increasingly talented artist and her quilt was a true show stopper with both piecing and her quilting that truly made the quilt! She tucked in all kinds of little surprises throughout the quilt…butterflies, dragonflies etc…all on her domestic sewing machine!
Gayle was beginning her quilt journey when I met her many years ago, her talents have continued to grow and her quilting is no exception! I was mesmerized by her domestic machine quilting!
Cathy’s quilt was so beautifully pieced and a true joy to quilt for her! I wish that my photography was better to truly capture her quilt!
Another quilt of Evelyn’s. She quilted this one herself. I love her colours, quilting and especially her border!!!
Cathy A. Had me quilt her sampler for her with the design Daisy Swirl. This was a quilt that APQS asked to feature on their IG after I posted it. It’s a wonderfully pieced quilt and was a lot of fun to work on!
The show was so well done and so full of inspiration!
